Saturday, here in the Big Apple. The day started with a walk to Grand Central Station. We ate breakfast across the street at a very cool restaurant built into the granite supports of an elevated roadway. We watched cabs pick up and deliver travelers newly arrived and soon to depart. We gawked at the big room in Grand Central Station before hiking to Union Square. Union Square has a regular Farmers' Market which was interesting for the variety of fare. There was meat (lamb, smoked birds, sausage), vegetables, and many plants. Then, we walked over to Stuyvesant Square and discovered a many-blocks-long outdoor fair with booths of cheap stuff imported from countries without unions. K got his blood pressure checked by the staff from the NYU Bone and Joint Hospital, learning that all of the walking was having a beneficial effect on his health.
We arrived at our son's apartment in time for a quick tour before walking to Little Italy (another street fair) and Chinatown. Everywhere we walked, the streets teemed with people of various sizes, colors, and languages.
By then, our feet were beginning to ache, so we took the subway back to our respective rooms. I soaked my feet in the bath, and I hope everyone else did likewise. There was tme for a quick movie at the 25-plex below our hotel. We saw "Larry Crowne" which was sweet if not great. That left just enough time to get cleaned up beofre another hike over to 2nd avenue to El Pote for a perfect meal of paella, arroz con pollo, and tortilla with our son. The return walk was more leisurely, and allowed for a nice stop at Bryant Park which was lit up like daylight with sodium lightss aimed at the grassy quad in the center. People were sitting in folding chairs, pretending it was daytime, holding on a little longer to the day.
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